Get to Know the Riveting Origin of Three Feathers Pinot POP! Pinot POP! owes it’s beginnings to the 2020 vineyard growing season, which will go down in Oregon Wine history as the Year of the Fires. This is an unspoken topic in the Industry, as many vineyards suffered huge losses from smoke taint in their grapes. Wines produced that year … Read More
Harvest Highlights & Private Vineyard Tastings – An Amazing Vineyard Season Finale
Harvest Highlights – An Amazing Vineyard Season Finale Harvest, which marks the end of our vineyard season, came earlier than expected in 2023. This demonstrates the variability from year to year and the value in the uniqueness of each vintage. Not only did extended warm dry weather all summer bring fruit to ripen early, we also experienced an abrupt end … Read More
Lines on the Vines | Three Feathers 2023 Vineyard Growing Season
Lines on the Vines | Three Feathers 2023 Vineyard Growing Season The last time we wrote about the 2023 Vineyard Growing Season was in February – March. Now we are magically in July, and the plants are growing out of the trellises. We are busy thinning pruning and getting the vines out of the way of the tractors. How did … Read More
Winter Weather on Chehalem Mountains | The Springtime Cometh?
Winter Weather on Chehalem Mountains | The Springtime Cometh? In January and February 2023 we experienced normal Oregon winter weather. Rain and moderate temperatures with some stretches of dry days – enough to get the vineyards pruned. For some reason, we always seem to get a break in February and think that winter is subsiding and spring is here. This … Read More
Midwinter Musings | A Time of Reassessment
Midwinter Musings | A Time of Reassessment Midwinter is an opportunity for reassessment: planning for the future and learning from the past. I am steeped in budgets, planning for production of grapes and wine. Looking for ways to improve everything we do. Vineyards, as all farming endeavors, give new opportunities and new problems every season. This is what is meant … Read More
Our 2022 Vintage takes us back to the 1990s
Our 2022 Vintage takes us back to the 1990s | Harvest Wrap-up Wrapping up this year’s harvest and our 2022 Vintage takes us back to the 1990s. A cooler, wetter Oregon when harvest was pushed late into the year and ice wine was the latest thing. Compared to recent vintages, bud-break was a full three weeks later (May 1st on … Read More
Three Feathers Vineyard in the Chehalem Mountains AVA
Three Feathers Vineyard in the Chehalem Mountains AVA Three Feathers Vineyard, just 2 miles down the road from Torio Vineyard, was planted in 2014 and is comprised of 10-acres of Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris. At 800 feet in altitude, this vineyard’s northeast and southwest-facing slopes overlook distant Chehalem hills. The highest point of the Estate commands a picturesque view … Read More
Our Vineyards | Growing Oregon Pinot Noir in The Willamette Valley
Our Vineyards – Growing Oregon Pinot Noir in The Willamette Valley Our vineyards at Three Feathers Estate are situated in the heart of the Chehalem Mountains American Viticultural Area (AVA), at the highest and northern most corner of the Willamette Valley AVA, Oregon. We are about 60 miles (km) east of the Pacific Ocean and 25 miles (km) southwest of … Read More
Announcing our 2022 Harvest Party Wine Tasting Open House
2022 Harvest Party Wine Tasting Open House Sunday, September 25th 2022 from 12 noon to 5 pm | Tasting fee $25 Explore 503 Members from Cellar 503 Taste for Free along with Three Feathers Flight Club Members! 19569 SW Finnigan Hill Road Hillsboro, OR 97123 Harvest Party at Three Feathers – Visit the Vineyards and Taste our 2021 Pinots… This … Read More
Waiting, Watching and Worrying – Anticipating a Successful 2022 Harvest
Waiting, Watching and Worrying – Anticipating a Successful 2022 Harvest In anticipation of a successful 2022 harvest, a certain degree of waiting, watching and worrying is in process at Three Feathers. At Three Feathers and Torio Vineyard, we have reached the stage in the grapes development that the fruit is letting us see its potential. Comparing photos from this same … Read More